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Changemakers Blog, Featured, NewsFebruary 3, 2023February 3, 2023

10 Steps Towards a Thriving Organizational Culture

Now that RVC has a formal Co-Executive Director structure, that tends to be what people focus on. While our Co-EDs are an important part of the

Changemakers BlogSeptember 30, 2022October 1, 2022

Ese Espacio Entre Medio: Navegando la Transición entre las Organizaciones Dirigidas por Voluntaries y las Organizaciones Dirigidas por Personal Remunerado

Recently, RVC was working with a partner organization that was in the midst of moving from a volunteer-led to a staff-led structure. So we revisited an

Changemakers Blog, Featured, NewsAugust 30, 2022August 31, 2022

Liberatory Decision-Making: How to Engage in a Healthy Process

Have you ever been in a group that’s trying to make a decision, and struggling? Something as simple as choosing a restaurant for dinner can become

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Changemakers Blog, Featured, NewsJuly 27, 2022August 11, 2022

How to Tend to Your People AND Your Organization When Staff Struggle

While there are many ways one can describe liberation, in its simplest terms, liberation is the experience of wholeness, freedom, justice, and thriving. Liberatory leadership invites

Changemakers Blog, Featured, News, Social Justice LeagueMarch 31, 2022June 10, 2022

Social Justice League Advance! The 7 Things You Need to Know About RVC’s Bold Funding Initiative

There is no shortage of creative, proven solutions to the issues communities of color face. They are, however, under funded. Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color

Featured, NewsAugust 9, 2021August 9, 2021

RVC announces new co-executive directors, celebrating its shared leadership approach

RVC named four employees as new co-executive directors today

Changemakers Blog, Community ReflectionsJuly 6, 2021August 26, 2021

Attention Small Nonprofits: If You Care about Your Employees, Help Them Retire

Those that are attracted to the nonprofit sector tend to be a caring bunch. They are often paid under-market wages and work long hours, justified (by both ourselves and our employers) by the meaning we derive from our work and the good we are doing in the world.

Changemakers Blog, Community Reflections, NewsMarch 15, 2021March 15, 2021

Making Philanthropy More Equitable: Introducing the Equitable Grantmaking Continuum

At RVC, we have worked with dozens of grassroots nonprofits of color over many years. Some of those organizations have thrived, others have folded. When it comes to building healthy organizations, there is no substitute for visionary leadership and dedicated, driven staff, but every organization we work with has this. So what does it mean when nonprofits have talented staff and a strong mission, yet still don’t thrive? The answer: it boils down to funding.

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RVC Fellowship places talented leaders of color in a two-year fellowship program with host grassroots organizations led by communities of color. The programs provide the fellows

Changemakers BlogAugust 23, 2018

Three Ways to Honor POC Intellectual Labor

The Raw Watering of the Nonprofit Sector By Florence Sum, RVC Fellow, Rainier Valley Corps Raw water is natural water found in the environment that has

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Ese Espacio Entre Medio: Navegando la Transición entre las Organizaciones Dirigidas por Voluntaries y las Organizaciones Dirigidas por Personal Remunerado

RVC announces new co-executive directors, celebrating its shared leadership approach

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